The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27

papers, to be paid for out OF the public
money, was the meat to chew
upon, and it was well masticated.
Mr.. Jones, of Palo Pinto, who might easily
be taken for preacher of the hard-shell
Baptist persuasion, he was heavy on
economy, hard on the newspapers and red
hot for reform. He will, before the end
OF She session, be known rs the Great
American Blue Jeans, from Texas, and his
constituents will be posing him for con
gress in '94.
THE PLUM To BE PLUcKRD.
or course the senatorial prizo, which is
al the bottom of the legislative box, and
that Is TO be drawn next Tuesday, Is now
all the talk, on street, in corridor, hall and
lobby. To say that there is no change in
the situation would DO equivalent to invit-
ing q TIN tinabulation from a chestnut
gong, but thore are things, and things
that without risk of charge OF staleness
can be told. Among these may be
chalked down chat with one of the
leading lights in the Reagan camp. Said
he-"We will 20 in on first ballot with
forty-three votes, dead sure. There are
six or eight vest pocket fellows that we,
and for that matter, none of the
others can place. Maxey will come next
10 Reagan, and Ireland will be close up
on the string. Terrell is certain OF twenty
three or twenty five votes" Striking
match and lighting his Cigar, he con
tinued: at is going to take at least six
votes to size things up definitely. Then,
mark you, IL Terrell drops out, Reagan
will 90 ahead Msyey will gain some, and
Ireland fsw votes. If
Ireland and Terrell drop out, Reagan
will TOO elected, and il MaIey and Terrell
drop out, tue same result will be counted"
"Do yen mean 20 say that there will DO
no combinations"
Precisely. Whenever the break comes
the men are going to scatter just
~ they --- please"
Suppose Reagan should by any chance
be nominated, who ia going to figure for
his place."
"East Texas is full OF em. Every coun-
ty has q man and some OF them have two.
There's d. A. Mum, of Crockett, John
Young Goooh, of Gregg, j. |. Perkins,
Kirvin, OF FreestOne, Norman q. Kit
trell and maybe fully as many more"
AS Tue SrATEsMAN's interviewer came
out of the house of representatives yes
terday he met member who halls from
East Texas, aud at once drifted into the
all important subj ect with him. The gen
tlemRn is one Of those non-oommittal
kind of men, who speaks little but
says much. IA the conversation
progressed, the member said
'Somebody is going TO be deceived, and
in fact badly fooled, before this race is
over. Do you notice that the friends OF
MaRey, Reagan and Ireland are all telling
what their strength will DO on the first
ballotY Do you hear anything of this
kind from Terroll's friendsy Did You
ever hear of still hunt! Let
me tell you, young man,
that Terrell is not only the ablest man in
the Held bu. his friends are the closest of
all in the contest There is talk about his
retiring after few ballots and his
strength going to Reagan, You can mark
It down that Terrell is not going 10 be
the first man to drop out, and when he
does drop, If drop he does, his supporters
will go RS they please, 10 this,
that or the other man who
may be in the Geld at the time, and who
seems best fitted for the place. But there
will be good many dead leaves falling
before there is such a scattering of Ter
rell forces as has been predicted.
"Are you going to vote for TerrellY"
"That is my own business"
Lounging in the Driskill lobby, q
STArEsMAN reporter met member of the
senate, who is noted for saying but little
in matters of political feature. The ques-
ton of the senatorial succession, however,
opened his heart and his mouth, and he
expressed himself freely.
~ am sorry to see this scramble. 1t
doesn't look to me to be dignified. Here
is an ex-governor, senator and a con-
gresham, all with their friends, and all of
them making personal canvass for the
Office. For myself, don't like this style
of work"
The STATEsMAN's commissioner passed |
on and found q shrewd member of one of |
the three houses, who is here for pur-
pose. "How goes it ?" asked the querist.
81 am just watching the field, and it is
funny. Here is Maxey with the federal |
machine pulling for him. Cooper,
he internal revenue collector, !
from Galveston, is here working for him,
and it is notorious fact that there have
Oecu mar uOIen machine men from tine
shoe-string district here since the open
ing of the session. Ireland fixed
himself with the state machine before he
pulled out and Reagan and Terrell are
working for the vote of the people"
"who will pull the PLUMP"
81 can tell you that no political ma
chine worker will do it, Terrell is behind
in the count now, but that counts but lit
tie in a good many cases. l had rather
bank my money on Terrell than on some
of the Others"
A STATE CATTLE COMMISSION.
In practical legislation for next week
will be presented in the house bill to
establish live stock sanitary commission,
empowered to protect the cattle of Texas
against the introduction and provide for
determination of exotic cattle diseases.
Such measure has long been needed
in the state. Quarantine laws in adjacent
states and territories have initiated so
long and disastrously against the traffic in
Texas cattle that she must mitigate the